Take This Waltz
DIRECTED BY SARAH POLLEY, STARRING MICHELLE WILLIAMS, SETH ROGEN AND LUKE KIRBY (Mongrel Media)
During a humid Toronto summer, a young woman with a touch of depression
strays from her cookbook-writer husband of five years and falls for the
rickshaw-driver artist next door. This summertime flick gently explores
the complications of love, asking subtle questions about what the idea
of a lifelong relationship does to our image of ourselves. June 29
The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-State Economy
BY MICHAEL LEWIS AND PAT CONALTY (New Society Publishers)
There’s a realistic case to be made for creating a sustainable human presence on Earth. Arguing for serious reconsideration of our limitless consumption, the authors use practical examples — housing, banking, eating — to point the way toward long-term cultural shifts. The book offers hope and inspiration for living within our ecological limits and with respect in Creation. June 1
Somewhere Over the Sea: A Father’s Letter to his Autistic Son
BY HALFDAN W. FREIHOW, translated
by ROBERT FERGUSON (House of Anansi)
In an updated version of his memoir Dear Gabriel, the father of a young man with autism describes the complex type of love that emerges when his family is up against a world of misunderstanding. Tenderly following his son’s triumphs and disappointments, Halfdan W. Freihow offers a glimpse into Gabriel’s life from a parent’s perspective, with a new foreword by author Ian Brown. June 2
Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea
BY CARTER PHIPPS (Harper Perennial)
Call it evolutionary spirituality. Carter Phipps, editor of EnlightenNext magazine, describes how a new breed of thinkers is taking ownership of both sides of the evolution debate. Conceiving of evolution as a spiritually directed force propelling contemporary culture, they’ve got new ideas to bridge the longstanding gaps between religion and science, myth and fact. June 26
